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The Hindu: Protect Crop Diversity to Feed All, Says Expert

The Hindu: Protect Crop Diversity to Feed All, Says Expert The Hindu reports on Marie Haga's lecture at the invitation of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. Ms. Haga, a former politician from…

The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA

The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA In a personal account of the event, our Deputy Executive Director Paula Bramel talks about the ceremony, which was held in Berlin on 19 March. Last…

The Global Food Security Summit

The Genebank Pushover

The Genebank Pushover Luigi Guarino The Copenhagen Consensus sounds like a minor Robert Ludlum novel – perhaps something from his unjustly neglected, more sedate late period – but it’s actually far…

The Future of Food is Wild: The Story Behind The CIP-Matilde Potato Variety

Farmer Mariluz Cardena with a new CIP Matilde potato variety. Photo: J. Huanai/Gruppo Yanapai

The Future of Food is Wild

The Future of Food is Wild Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato…

The Future Is Indeed Sweet for Sweetpotato Farmers in Zambia

The Future Is Indeed Sweet for Sweetpotato Farmers in Zambia The Crop Trust has signed an agreement with Zambia’s national genebank under the Seeds for Resilience Project to help safeguard the…

Maria Mtele holds recently harvested orange-fleshed sweet potatoes in a field in Mwasonge, Tanzania. Maria is a mother of 5 and farmer in Tanzania who relies on farming for food and income. Through a local agricultural program, Maria learned about a new crop of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, specifically bred to thrive in sub-Saharan Africa. They taught her about soil irrigation, crop multiplication, and how to get her crops to market. She is now a leader in her farming group and teaches others what she?s learned. Maria increased her families? income and she is using this new income to build a new, sturdy home.

The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world

The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world Food of the future was the hot topic at the inaugural Food Forever Solutions Summit earlier this…

The Food Forever Initiative

The Food Forever Initiative Marie Haga | Marie's Corner 2.5 can mean anything. Percent. Degrees. Kilometers. Kilos. Centimeters. For everyone connected to biodiversity it has a very special…

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The Crop Diversity Digest

From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.